CommonMark: "Links may not contain other links, at any level of nesting."
marked emitted nested <a> elements instead, which is invalid HTML.

outputLink now rejects a link whose text tokenized into a link, so the
lexer falls through to inlineText and the inner link is the one kept.
Images stay exempt, since their text is flattened into an alt attribute.

Fixes CommonMark examples 518, 519 and 532.

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A reference link candidate whose text already holds a link never becomes
a link, but the mask em and strong read still flattened the whole span,
so every emphasis marker inside it was invisible.

Mask the links the text holds instead of the span, and leave images
alone, since an image may hold a link.

Fixes CommonMark example 533.

Bumps [eslint](https://github.com/eslint/eslint) from 10.8.1 to 10.9.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/releases)
- [Commits](eslint/eslint@v10.8.1...v10.9.0)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: eslint
  dependency-version: 10.9.0
  dependency-type: direct:development
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
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* docs: add adaptable bullet point

* Zero deps

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* Update docs/INDEX.md

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## [18.0.11](v18.0.10...v18.0.11) (2026-08-24)

### Bug Fixes

* do not nest a link inside a link ([#4051](#4051)) ([e250e31](e250e31))
* inlineTokens rebuilds the reflink-mask preamble per call ([#4040](#4040)) ([0653c24](0653c24))
* keep emphasis in the text of a rejected reference link ([#4059](#4059)) ([b699db3](b699db3))